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______ is awarded for outstanding work in the field of literature and journalism.

A) Oscar Award	B) Booker Prize
C) Pulitzer Prize	D) Sullivan Award

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pulitzer Prize

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Who was the author of the book, Plagues and Peoples?

A) W.L. Thomas	B) Rachel Carson
C) David Cannadine	D) William H.McNeill

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) William H.McNeill

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Plagues and Peoples is a book on epidemiological history by William Hardy McNeill published in New York City in 1976. It was a critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of the extraordinary impact of infectious disease on cultures as a means of enemy attack. The book ranges from examining the effects of smallpox in Mexico, the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe.

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The swollen bottom part of the carpel in a flower is ______.

A) Ovary	B) Style
C) Stigma	D) Anther

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ovary

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The monomer/monomers used for the synthesis of Nylon 6 is/are

A) hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid	B) caprolactam
C) urea and formaldehydeD.	D) phenol and formaldehyde

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid

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Nylon is made when the appropriate monomers (the chemical building blocks which make up polymers) are combined to form a long chain via a condensation polymerisation reaction. The monomers for nylon 6-6 are adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine

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Which of the following can be beaten and converted into thin sheets?

A) Zinc	B) Phosphorus
C) Sulphur	D) Oxygen

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Zinc

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NaHCO3 is chemical formula for ___________.

A) Borax	B) Vinegar
C) Lime	D) Baking soda

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Baking soda

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Which of the following micro-organism causes diseases like polio and chicken pox?

A) Bacteria	B) Protozoa
C) Algae	D) Virus

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Virus

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What is the shape of the two guard cells which enclose stomata?

A) Oval	B) Triangular
C) Rectangular	D) Kidney shaped

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